Someone once said:
If one assumes that autistic people, due to their special interests, are overrepresented among scientists, then it may not be a wrong assumption that autism can be the cause of vaccines.
I mean, you're a pretty horrible person if you'd rather have your child die of a completely preventable disease than have a kid with autism.
It's not that weird of a position. Penn and Teller did a show on it based on the then believed data that vaccines cause autism. (Which has now long since been discredited.)
They showed the statistics of dying/paralysis/etc were far greater than the chance of autism. So in their opinion, even if vaccines caused autism ( the debunked paper showed a tiny percent chance) , it was still safer to take the vaccine.
Even if it wasn't autism, there is a tiny chance your child can have a dangerous reaction to a vaccine. I was nervous with my children but had it done anyway. My son had a minor reaction to the Polio shot and lost the ability to walk for a couple of days.
i'm not sure what you mean by this, because you seem to be implying that autism is somehow dangerous? which just obviously isn't true?
autism isn't bad, it's just different. If anything it's better considering how much we rely on science and technology and organization these days, we could use more autistic people who'll raise a stink when people skirt protocol for stupid reasons.
It's worth remembering that autism is a spectrum. We are at the higher end, many benefits, with limited downsides. Others aren't as lucky.
The argument was also a bypass type. Even if vaccines cause autism, and even if autism is entirely bad, it's still worth getting vaccinated. It cuts a lot of the talking points off at the knee. Even if we assume our opponent's position, it's still not an argument in favour of what they are saying.
They're not saying it's bad. They're just saying "even if you do think it's bad, the chances are very slim and it's far better than the alternatives"
If that's how we're doing it, we should get more Asians considering how much we rely on maths. Because Asians are good at math, right?
It's not a great idea to stereotype people, even if you think you're giving them a compliment.
Autism: Better than polio
Thankfully my mom was one of these. She became anti-vax after I got my first shots; I think she was a bit traumatized by seeing her little baby be so scared and then so sick, but thats just how vaccines work. She believes all the nonsense about heavy metals in the vaccines and 5g radio waves in the needle giving us autism, but she also believes that they do work and that an autistic child is better than a dead child. Therefore, I was a fully vaccinated child and all my shots were on time.
As an autistic person, the world would be much happier of we all were. You neurotypicals need to stop lying to eachother every chance you get for y'all have any idea how confusing your casual dishonesty is?
